As part of the Wii U’s Virtual Console announcement tonight, Iwata revealed that Nintendo will be running a campaign featuring special ‘trial’ prices for Virtual Console games, with a select few games being available to download for 30 cents each for a short time. The Virtual Console service itself won’t be up until the next system update, but these trials will be available immediately.
The schedule in the Direct is as follows –
- January – Balloon Fight
- February – F-Zero
- March – Punch Out!!
- April – Kirby’s Adventure
- May – Super Metroid
- June – Yoshi
- July – Donkey Kong
The first game, Balloon Fight, is available right now on Australian Wii Us, so download away!